Soda/Pop

[da]

Via metalana: strangemaps, which is quite wonderful.

I particularly note a map I've always wondered about: a US Pop vs. Soda Map.

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[da-lj.livejournal.com]

Also, http://popvssoda.com has user surveys.

http://popvssoda.com:2998/stats/CAN.html
Canada appears to be (self-selecting for responses) 20:1:1:1 Pop vs Soda vs. Coke vs. other.

[melinika.livejournal.com]

I said "pop" because I grew up in Western New York, but then we moved to Long Island and they made fun of me for saying "pop" so I started saying "soda". Then we moved to south FL and "soda" was the word there as well. No one says "soda" here but I am stuck saying it because "pop" sounds very strange to me now. My husband, who is Canadian, makes fun of me for not saying "pop". I can't win!

[jackspryte.livejournal.com]

I'm a funny case (no comment). I say "Soda" and I don't know why. I think I have come to blame my Cali partners.

[morgan-starfire.livejournal.com]

Hee.

And then there's the special midwestern way of saying soda.